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TEN  REASONS* 

events  lately  transpiring  among  ns 
^  J  appear  to  demand  a  clear,  candid  and 
unequivocal  statement  of  reasons  on  the 
part  of  this,  the  Presbytery  of  Utah,  why 
Christians  cannot  fellowship  the  Mormon 
Church.  It  is  not  that  Christians  entertain 
ill  will  toward  Mormons  as  neighbors  and 
citizens,  nor  are  they  averse  to  co-operating 
with,  them  in  the  work  of  moral  and  social 
reform  and  in  the  promotion  of  temperance. 
On  the  contrary,  Christians  of  every  name 
most  earnestly  desire  to  unite  with  the  Mor¬ 
mon  people  in  all  feasible  plans  that  have  as 
their  end  the  social,  political  and  moral  ad¬ 
vancement  of  our  commonwealth. 

There  is,  however,  a  line  of  demarkation 
that  Christians  cannot  overlook,  that  they 
cannot  disregard,  that  fidelity  to  truth  and 
duty  requires  the  Presbytery  of  Utah  to  em¬ 
phasize  at  this  time.  The  question  is  purely 
a  religious  question.  It  goes  to  the  very  root 
of  Christian  belief  and  duty.  It  concerns  all 
men  alike  who  profess  the  Christian  religion, 
and  desire  to  promote  the  glory  and  honor 
of  th-e  name  of  Christ. 

Therefore  the  question  is  before  us,  and  be¬ 
fore  the  public — Why  cannot  Christians  walk 
in  fellowship  with  Mormons,  in  religion,  as 
the}''  do  with  each  other? 

TEN  REASONS. 

First — The  Mormon  church  unchurches  all 
Christians.  It  recognizes  itself  alone  as  the 
church.  From  its  beginning  to  the  present  it 
has  insisted,  from  press  and  platform,  that  all 
Christian  churches,  of  whatever  name,  nation, 
or  century,  since  apostolic  times,  are  not  only 
apostate  from  the  truth,  but  propagators  of 
error  and  false  doctrine,  without  authority  to 
teach,  preach,  or  administer  the  sacraments ; 
that  salvation  and  exhaltation  are  found  alone 
in  the  church  organized  by  Joseph  Smith. 


PROOF. 

1.  [The  jMormon  church  is]  “  the  only  true 
and  living  church  upon  the  face  of  the  whole 
earth.” — Doctrine  and  Covenants,  See.  1-30. 

2.  “  Behold,  I  ”  [the  Lord]  “  say  unto  you, 
that  all  old  covenants  ”  [Christian  churches] 
‘‘have  I  caused  to  be  done  away  in  this  thing, 
and  this  is  a  new  and  an  everlasting  cove¬ 
nant.” — Doctrine  and  Covenants,  See.  22:  i. 

3.  “It”  [Mormonism]  “is  entirely  unlike 
all  plans  or  systems  ever  invented  by  human 
authority  :  it  has  no  alliance,  connection  or 
fellowship  with  any  of  them :  it  speaks  with 
divine  authority,  and  all  nations  without  an 
exception  are  required  to  obey.  He  that  re¬ 
ceives  the  message  and  endures  to  the  end 
will  be  saved;  he  that  ’‘ejects  it  will  be 
damned.” — Pratt’s  Works,  Paper  i. 

4.  “  These  claims  in  behalf  of  Mormonism 
presuppose  the  destruction  of  the  primitive 
Christian  Church,  a  complete  apostasy  from 
the  Christian  religion.” — N  ezo  Witness  for 
God,  Prefaee,  p.  i. 

5.  “  I  was  answered  that  I  must  join  none 
of  them”  [the  Sects],  “for  they  were  all 
wrong.” — Pearl  of  Great  Price,  p.  47,  Life  of 
Joseph  Smith. 

Thus  they  unchurch  and  disfellowship  all 
Christians,  and  demand  that  all  vield  to  the 
Mormon  priesthood  or  perish. 

Second — The  Mormon  Church  places  the 
“  Rook  of  Mormon  ”  and  the  “  Book  of  Doc¬ 
trine  and  Covenants  ”  on  a  par  with  the  Bible, 
and  requires  subscription  to  the  inspiration 
and  authority  of  those  books  as  a  condition  of 
acceptance  with  God  and  of  fellowship  with 
His  people.  Their  so-called  revelations  of 
the  present  are  put  on  the  same  level  with  the 
Bible. 

PROOF. 

T.  “  Has  God  given  many  revelations  to 
men?  Ans. — Yes;  a  preat  number.  Where 

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have  we  any  account  of  his  doing  so?  Ans. — 
In  the  Bible,  the  Book  of  Mormon,  the  Book 
of  Doctrine  and  Covenants,  and  other  publi¬ 
cations  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Lat¬ 
ter-day  Saints.” — Catechism,  Chapter  III, 
Questions  i  and  2. 

2.  “  Lectures  on  the  Divine  Authenticity  of 
the  Book  of  Mormon.” 

3.  “And  they”  [the  children  of  Zion] 
“  shall  remain  under  this  condemnation  until 
they  repent  and  remember  the  new  covenant, 
even  the  Book  of  Mormon  and  the  former 
commandments  which  I  have  given  them.” — 
Doctrine  and  Covenants,  Sec.  84:57. 

4.  “  I  spent  the  day  in  Council  with  the 
Twelve  Apostles.”  ...  “I  told  the 
brethren  that  the  Book  of  Mormon  was  the 
most  correct  of  any  book  on  earth  and  the 
keystone  of  our  religion,  and  a  man  would 
get  nearer  to  God  by  abiding  by  its  precepts 
than  by  any  other  book.” — History  of  Joseph 
Smith,  Millennial  Star,  Vol.  18,  p.  7go. 

5.  “  Wilford  Woodruff  is  the  prophet  and 

seer  of  this  church.”  .  .  .  “Joseph  Smith 

was  a  prophet ;  Brigham  Young  was  a 
prophet;  Wilford  Woodruff  is  a  prophet,  and 
I  know  that  he  has  a  great  many  prophets 
around  him,  and  he  can  make  Scriptures  as 
good  as  those  in  the  Bible.” — Apostle  John  W. 
Taylor,  Conference,  Salt  Lake  Tabernacle, 
April  5th,  1897. 

Third — The  Mormon  Church  makes  belief 
in  the  person  and  mission  of  Joseph  Smith  as 
a  prophet  of  God  an  essential  article  of  faith, 
so  essential  that  the  person  who  rejects  the 
claims  of  “the  modern  prophet”  is  a  rank 
heretic. 

PROOF. 

I.  “  But,  behold,  verily,  verily,  I  say  unto 
thee,  no  one  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
commandments  and  revelations  in  this  church 
excepting  my  servant  Joseph  Smith,  Jr.,  for 

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he  receiveth  them  even  as  Moses.” — Doctrine 
and  Covenants,  Sec.  28:  2.  “For  I  have  given 
him  the  keys  of  the  mysteries,  and  the  reve¬ 
lations  which  are  sealed,  until  I  shall  appoint 
unto  them  another  in  his  stead.” — Same,  Verse 
7.  “  And  I  have  sent  forth  the  fullness  of 

my  gospel  by  the  hand  of  my  servant  Jo¬ 
seph.” — Same,  Sec.  35-  17. 

2.  “Joseph  Smith  is  the  New  Witness  for 
God,  a  Prophet  divinely  authorized  to  teach 
the  Gospel  and  re-establish  the  Church  of 
Jesus  Christ  on  earth.” — Neve  Witness  for 
God,  Thesis  IV,  p.  161. 

3.  “  Which  is  the  greatest  dispensation  ? 
Alls. — The  Dispensation  of  the  Fullness  of 
Times,  opened  through  Josephh  Smith.” — 
Catechism,  Chap.  18,  Question  4. 

4.  “  I  will  ask  them  ”  [faithful  saints]  “  if 
Joseph  lived  and  died  a  Prophet  of  God  and 
what  would  they  answer  ?  All  men  and  wo¬ 
men  know,  by  the  power  of  the  Floly  Ghost, 
by  the  spirit  they  know  it.” — Journal  of  Dis¬ 
courses,  Vol.  I,  p.  81,  Brigham  Young  speak¬ 
ing. 

5.  “  Every  spirit  that  confesses  that  Joseph 
Smith  is  a  prophet,  that  he  lived  and  died  a 
prophet,  and  that  the  Book  of  Mormon  is  true, 
is  of  God,  and  every  spirit  that  does  not  is  of 
anti-Christ.” — Millennial  Star,  Vol.  V,  p.  118, 
Brighaiii  Young  speaking. 

F ourtli—Tha  Mormon  Church  makes  faith 
in  the  Mormon  Priesthood,  and  submission  to 
the  same,  essential  to  man’s  future  blessed¬ 
ness,  and  unbelief  in  this  priesthood  a  damn¬ 
ing  sin.  It  teaches  that  authority  to  officiate 
in  the  gospel  is  vested  only  in  the  said  priest¬ 
hood  ;  that  this  priesthood  is  the  infallible  and 
the  only  medium  between  God  and  man  :  that 
it  is  invested  with  the  very  power  of  God  him¬ 
self  :  so  that  when  it  acts  and  speaks  it  is  in 
the  most  renl  sense  God  who  acts  and  speaks; 
and  that  all  who  refuse  to  submit  to  this 
priestly  power  are  damned. 


PROOF. 


1.  “  Men  who  hold  the  priesthood  possess 

divine  authority  thus  to  act  for  God,  and  by 
possessing  part  of  God's  power  they  are  in 
reality  part  of  God.”  ...  “  Men  who 

honor  the  priesthood  in  them  honor  God,  and 
those  who  reject  it  reject  God.” — Neiv  Wit¬ 
ness  for  God,  p.  i8y. 

2.  “  He  that  rejects  it  will  be  damned.” — • 
Pratt’s  Works,  Paper  I. 

3.  “When  he”  [Joseph  Smith]  “spoke,  he 

spoke  by  the  power  of  an  endless  Priesthood, 
which  was  upon  him ;  and  that  is  the  power 
by  which  Brigham  speaks.”  .  .  .  “  When 

a  man  of  God  speaks,  let  him  speak  what  he 
pleases,  and  let  all  Israel  say.  Amen.” — Jour¬ 
nal  of  Diseourses,  Vol.  I,  p.  348,  President 
Jedediah  M.  Grant,  the  speaker. 

Compare  with  that ; 

“  Now,  let  all  who  may  hear  these  doc¬ 
trines  ”  [the  Adam-God  doctrines]  “  pause 
before  they  make  light  of  them  or  treat  them 
with  indifference,  for  they  will  prove  their 
salvation  or  damnation.” — Journal  of  Dis¬ 
courses,  Vol.  I,  p.  51,  Brigham  Young  speak¬ 
ing. 

President  George  Q.  Cannon,  in  the  Taber¬ 
nacle,  Salt  Lake  City,  April  5,  1897,  alluding 
to  “  the  Thatcher  episode,”  and  to  doubts  re¬ 
garding  the  Priesthood,  said  : 

4.  “  I  would  just  as  soon  think  of  heaven 
entering  into  chaos  and  of  the  throne  of  God 
being  shaken  to  its  foundation  as  to  think 
that  the  Priesthood  of  the  Son  of  God  had 
gone  wrong  in  its  authority,  or  that  the  Lord 
would  permit  such  a  thing.” 

Fifth — The  Mormon  Church  teaches  a  doc¬ 
trine  of  God  that  is  antagonistic  to  the  Scrip¬ 
tures,  dishonoring  to  the  Divine  Being  and 
debasing  to  man.  It  teaches  that  God  is 
an  exalted  man  who  was  once  as  we  are  now, 
and  who  is  forever  changing,  ever  advancing, 

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l)ecoming  more  and  more  perfect,  but  never 
becoming  absolute  perfection. 

PROOF. 

1.  “God  himself  was  once  as  we  are  now, 
and  is  an  exalted  Man,  and  sits  enthroned  in 
yonder  heavens.  That  is  the  great  secret.” — 
Journal  of  Discourses,  V ol.  VI,  p.  3,  First  Col¬ 
umn,  Sermon  by  Joseph  Smith. 

2.  “  It  is  the  first  principle  of  the  gospel  to 

know  .  .  .  that  He  was  once  a  man  like 

ns ;  yea,  that  God  himself,  the  Father  of  us 
all,  dwelt  on  an  earth,  the  same  as  Jesus 
Christ  himself  did.” — Same,  Second  Column. 

3.  “The  Father  has  a  body  of  flesh  and 
bones  as  tangible  as  man’s.” — Doctrine  and 
Covenants,  Sec.  130-' 22. 

4.  “  In  the  beginning  the  head  of  the  Gods 
called  a  council  of  the  Gods  :  and  they  came 
togther  and  concocted  a  plan  to  create  the 
world  and  people  it.  When  we  begin  to  learn 
in  this  way,  we  begin  to  learn  the  only  true 
God  and  what  kind  of  a  being  we  have  got  to 
worship.” — Journal  of  Discourses,  Vol.  VI,  p. 
5,  Sermon  by  Joseph  Smith, 

5.  “And  you  have  got  to  learn  how  to  be 

Gods  yourselves  .  .  .  the  same  as  all 

Gods  have  done  before  you, — namely,  by  go¬ 
ing  from  one  small  degree  to  another  and 
from  a  small  capacity  to  a  great  one.” — Same 
Sermon,  p.  4. 

Sixth, — The  Mormon  Church  teaches  that 
Adam  is  God,  the  Supreme  God,  the  Creator 
of  this  world,  our  God,  and  the  only  God  with 
Avhom  we  have  to  do;  and  that, Jesus  Christ 
is  his  son  b}-^  natural  generation’. 

PROOF. 

T.  “He,  [Adam]  “is  our  Father  and  our 
God,  and  the  only  God  zv’th  zvhom  we  have  to 
do  ..  .  When  the  Virgin  Mary  conceived 

the  child  Jesus,  the  Father  had  begotten 
him  in  his  own  likeness.  He  was  not  begotten 
by  the  Holy  Ghost.  And  who  is  the  Father? 


He  is  the  first  of  the  human  family.” — Jour¬ 
nal  of  Discourses,  V ol.  I,  p.  50,  Sermon  by 
Brigham  Young. 

2.  ”  .  .  .  And  also  with  Michael,  or 

Adam,  the  Father  of  all,  the  Prince  of  all, 
the  Ancient  of  Days.” — Pearl  of  Great  Price, 
p.  60. 

3.  “  Adam  fell,  but  his  fall  became  a  matter 
of  necessity  after  the  woman  had  transgressed. 

In  the  language  of  the  Prophet  Lehi, 
‘Adam  fell  that  men  might  be.’  .  .  .  No 

wonder  Father  Adam  fell,  and  accompanied 
the  woman,  sharing  in  all  the  miseries  of  the 
curse,  that  he  might  be  the  Father  of  an  in¬ 
numerable  race  of  beings  who  would  be  cana- 
ble  of  becoming  Gods.” — Millennial  Star,  V ol. 
XV,  p.  801. 

Seventh — The  Mormon  Church  is  Polytheis¬ 
tic.  It  teaches  a  plurality  of  Gods  ;  and  that 
these  became  Gods,  having  been  men.  Being 
men,  they  became  Gods  by  practicing  plural 
or  celestial  marriage  and  the  other  Mormon 
principles. 

PROOF. 

1.  “  And  they  went  down  at  the  beginning, 
and  they  organized  and  formed  (that  is,  the 
Gods)  the  heavens  and  the  earth. 

And  they  (the  Gods)  said.  Let  there  be  light, 
and  there  was  light.” — Pearl  of  Great  Priee,  p. 
S2,  Book  of  Abraham — aecount  of  ereation. 

2.  “  A  General  Assembly,  Quorum,  or  Grand 
Council  of  the  Gods,  with  their  President  at 
th.eir  head,  constitute  the  designing  and  creat¬ 
ing  power.”— ivuy  to  Theology,  p.  52. 

3.  “  Gods,  angels  and  men  are  all  of  one 
species,  one  race,  one  great  family.” — Same, 
p.  41. 

4.  “By  consent  and  authority  of  the  Head 
any  one  of  these  Gods  mav  create,  organize, 
neople,  govern,  control,  exalt,  glorify  and  en- 
ioy  worlds  on  worlds,  and  the  inhabitants 
thereof.” — Same,  t>.  43. 

5.  “  The  head  God  called  together  the  Gods, 

■s 


and  sat  in  grand  council  to  bring  forth  the 
world.” — Joiinial  of  Discourses^  Vol.  VI,  p  3. 
“  And  you  have  got  to  learn  how  to  be  Gods 
yourselves  .  .  .  the  same  as  all  Gods 

have  done  before  you.” — Same,  p.  4 — Joseph 
Smith. 

6.  ”  They  shall  pass  by  the  angels  and  the 
Gods,  which  are  set  there,  to  their  exaltation 
and  glory  in  all  things.  .  .  .  Then  shall 

they  be  Gods.” — Doetrine  and  Covenants,  See. 
132:  19,20. 

He  is  here  speaking  of  those  who  practiced 
plural  or  celestial  marriage  while  on  earth. 

Eighth— The  Mormon  Church  teaches  an 
anti-Biblical  doctrine  of  salvation.  It  requires 
faith  in  Joseph  Smith,  in  the  books  he  pro¬ 
duced,  or  translated,  in  the  priesthood,  in  con¬ 
tinuous  revelation,  and  in  baptism  by  immer¬ 
sion,  at  the  hands  of  a  Mormon,  together  with 
faith  in  the  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost 
(with  the  Mormon  definition  of  the  Trinita¬ 
rian  persons),  as  conditions  of  human  salva^ 
tion.  It  uses  the  atonement  of  Christ  to 
cover  original  sin,  the  sin  of  Adam,  and 
teaches  its  adherents  to  depend  on  good  works 
as  the  basis  of  pardon  for  personal  sins.  It 
also  teaches  a  doctrine  of  baptism  for  the  dead 
that  is  antap'onistic  to  the  Bible  doctrine  of 
retribution,  and  that  encourages  people  to 
remain  impenitent. 

PROOF. 

1.  See  citations  under  Third  and  Foiii'th, 
preceding. 

2.  “  But,  behold,  verily,  verily,  I  say  unto 
thee”  [Oliver  Cowdery]  “no  one  shall  be  ap¬ 
pointed  to  receive  commandments  and  revela¬ 
tions  in  this  church  excepting  my  servant  Jo¬ 
seph  Smith,  Jr.,  for  he  receiveth  them  even 
as  Moses.” — Doctrine  and  Covenants,  See. 
28:2. 

3.  “The  president  of  the  priests  has  a  right 

to  the  Urim  and  Thummim,  which  gives  all 
revelation.  .  .  .  Every  priest  then  in  the 

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church  has  the  right  of  receiving  revelations. 
Every  member  has  the  right  of  receiving  reve¬ 
lations  for  themselves,  both  male  and  female. 
It  is  the  very  life  of  the  church  of  the  living 
God  in  all  ages  of  the  world.” — Millennial 
Star,  V ol.  V,  p.  117,  Brigham  Young  the 
speaker. 

4.  “  All  the  spirits  who  have  not  obeyed  the 
gospel  in  the  desh  must  either  obey  it  in  the 
spirit  or  be  damned.  Solemn  thought  ! — 
Dreadful  thought  !  Is  there  nothing  to  be 
done  ?  .  .  .  God  has  made  a  provision 

that  every  spirit  in  the  eternal  world  can  be 
fereted  out  and  saved,  unless  he  has  com¬ 
mitted  that  unpardonable  sin.  .  .  .  And 

every  man  who  has  a  friend  in  the  eternal 
world  can  save  him,  unless  he  has  committed 
the  unpardonable  sin.  And  so  you  can  see 
how  far  you  can  be  a  saviour.” — Journal  of 
Discourses,  Vol.  VI,  pp.  7,  8,  Joseph  Smith  the 
speaker. 

That  is,  by  being  baptized  for  such  a  one 
in  a  Temple. 

Ninth — The  iNIormon  Church  believes  in 
Polygamy.  The  doctrine  is  to  them  both  sa¬ 
cred  and  fundamental.  They  believe  and  teach 
that  Jesus  Christ  was  a  polygamist.  The 
manifesto  of  September  24,  1890,  was  not  a 
repudiation  of  the  doctrine  of  plural  or  celes¬ 
tial  marriage,  and  did  not  claim  to  be  such. 
It  was,  as  all  honest  Mormons  freely  confess, 
only  a  suspension  of  the  practice  for  the  time 
being.  They  hold  the  principle  to  be  as 
eternal  as  God  himself. 

PROOF. 

I.  ‘Tf  none  but  Gods  will  be  permitted  to 
multiply  immortal  children,  it  follows  that 
each  God  must  hae  one  or  more  wives.” 

“  The  Evangelists  do  not  particularly 
speak  of  the  marriage  of  Jesus.”  .  .  .  One 

thing  is  certain,  that  there  were  several  holy 
women  that  greatly  loved  Jesus — such  as 

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Mary,  and  Alartha,  her  sister,  and  Mary  Mag¬ 
dalene;  and  Jesns  greatly  loved  them,  and  as¬ 
sociated  with  them  much.”  .  .  .  “If  all  the 

acts  of  Jesus  were  written,  we,  no  doubt,  should 
learn  that  these  beloved  women  were  his 
wives.” — “The  Seer,  Vol.  I,  pp.  158,  159. 

2.  “  All  those  who  have  this  law  ”  [plural  or 
celestial  marriage]  “  revealed  unto  them  must 
obe}^  the  same.”  .  .  .  “  And  if  ye  abide 
not  in  that  covenant  ”  [plural  or  celestial  mar¬ 
riage],  “then  are  ye  damned;  for  no  one  can 
reject  this  covenant  and  be  permitted  to  enter 
into  my  glory.”  .  .  .  “  As  pertaining  to 
the  new  and  everlasting  covenant  ”  [plural  or 
celestial  marriage]  “  it  was  instituted  for  the 
fullness  of  my  glory ;  and  he  that  receiveth 
a  fullness  thereof  must  and  shall  abide  the 
law,  or  he  shall  be  damned,  saith  the  Lord 
God.” — Doctrrine  and  Covenants,  Sec.  132: 

3,  4,  6. 

3.  “And  again,  as  pertaining  to  the  law  of 

the  priesthood :  If  any  man  .  .  .  have 

ten  virgins  given  unto  him  by  this  law,  he 
cannot  commit  adultery,  for  they  belong  to 
him.” — Same,  Verses,  61,  26. 

That  this  so-called  principle  has  not  been 
abrogated  or  annulled,  witness  the  language 
of  the  manifesto  by  President  of  the  Church 
Wilford  Woodruff,  September  24,  1890 : 

“  M}'-  advice  to  the  Latter-day  Saints  is  to 
refrain  from  contracting  any  marriage  for¬ 
bidden  by  the  law  of  the  land.” 

Tenth — The  Mormon  Church  teaches  that 
Cod  is  a  polygamist ;  the  natural  father  of  all 
intelligent  beings  in  heaven,  earth,  and  hell ; 
that  angels,  men,  and  devils  are  his  offspring 
by  procreation,  or  natural  generation ;  and 
that  Adam  is  the  father  of  Christ’s  human 
nature,  as  Brigham  Young  was  father  of  his 
children.” 

PROOF. 

I.  “  Wisdom  inspires  the  Gods  to  multiply 
their  species.” — Key  to  Theology,  p.  52.  See 

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also  Pt^.  41  and  43,  as  quoted  under  Seventh, 
preceding. 

2.  “  Each  God,  through  his  wife  or  wives, 
raises  up  a  numerous  family  of  sons  and 
daughters ;  .  .  .  for  each  father  and 
mother  will  be  in  a  condition  to  multiply  for¬ 
ever  and  ever.” — The  Seer,  Vol.  I,  p.  3/. 

3.  “  When  our  father  Adam  came  into  the 
garden  of  Eden,  he  came  into  it  with,  a 
celestial  body,  and  brought  Eve  one  of  his 
wives,  with  him.” — Journal  of  Discourses,  Vol. 
I,  P-  50. 

4.  “I  wish  to  be  perfectly  understood  here. 

Let  it  be  remembered  that  the  Prophet  Jo¬ 
seph  Smith  taught  that  man,  that  is,  his  spirit, 
is  the  offspring  of  Deity;  not  in  any  mythical 
sense,  but  actually,”  .  .  .  “  Instead  of  the 

God-given  power  of  procreation  being  one  of 
the  chief  things  that  is  to  pass  away,  it  is  one 
of  the  chief  means  of  man’s  exaltation  and  glory 
in  that  great  eternity,  which,  like  an  endless 
vista,  stretches  out  before  him !  ” 

“  Through  that  law,  in  connection  with  an  ob¬ 
servance  of  all  the  other  laws  of  the  gospel, 
man  will  yet  attain  unto  the  power  of  the 
Godhead,  and  like  his  Father — God — his  chief 
glory  will  be  to  bring  to  pass  the  eternal  life 
and  happiness  of  his  posterity.” — Nezv  Wit¬ 
ness  for  God,  p.  461. 

“New  Witness  for  God,”  by  B.  H.  Roberts, 
a  work  issued  in  t8q5,  was  approved  by  a 
committee  appointed  by  the  First  Presidency 
as  “  Orthodox  and  consistent  with  our  teach¬ 
ings.” 

The  quotations  from  IMormon  works  are 
strictly  taken,  work  for  word,  letter  for  let¬ 
ter,  point  for  point. 

NOTHING  IN  COMMON. 

With  such  a  so-called  church  and  system  of 
doctrine,  Christians  can  have  nothing  in  com¬ 
mon  but  the  need  of  the  great  salvation  of  the 
God  Man,  Christ  Jesus. 

No.  273—8,  1908. 

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